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A view and description of the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania

by: [Smith, George Washington] 1800-1876; G. W. S; S., G. W; Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons; Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871, engr; Mason, William. illus. cn

Publication date: 1830

Topics: Pennsylvania. State Penitentiary for the Eastern District, Philadelphia, Prisons

Publisher: Philadelphia: Published for the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, by C. G. Childs, engraver

Collection: university_pittsburgh; americana

Contributor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

Language: English

Item Size: 31.7M

Signed on p.8 by G.W.S. George Washington Smith was the author of other works about the Pennsylvania prison system, and was an inspector of the state prison of Pennsylvania

Frontispiece is a view of the penitentiary, drawn by William Mason, engraved by C. G. Childs, printed by B. Rodgers

Addeddate: 2009-11-10 18:49:30

Associated-names: G. W. S; S., G. W; Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons; Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871, engr; Mason, William. illus. cn